.The Presidents budget for fiscal year 2009 would cut Great Lakes dredging funds by 35 percent. Such a slash will have major economic impacts on the region warned officers of the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force (GLMTF). Read More
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.The Hamburg Port Authority has selected Trimble to supply four of its new generation of GPS and GLONASS receivers. Read More
. Pump Vacuum Systems has developed the PVS Compact Aggregate Unit designed around the companys patented PVS JetPump. The unit is a modular portable plant for mining old tailings which separates the usable product and returns the tailings to the mine for smoothing and reclamation. Read More
.On Thursday January 24th Randive Inc. received an urgent phone call from Great Lakes Dredge & Dock requesting immediate dispatch of dive teams to the dredge New York. Within 45 minutes of the initial call a six-man dive team was on site. Read More
. The federal budget for 2009 released by President Bush on February 4 is a discouraging step backward for one of the nations most critical waterways according to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA). Read More
.Craig Vogt retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration on January 4. He will continue his work with the Western Dredging Association Environmental Commission after his retirement. Read More
.Ross Laboratories Inc. has introduced a new integrated side scan sonar / sub bottom profiler survey system. The portable modular design allows the user to configure a system that will best suit their requirements. Housed in two rugged Pelican cases the system is ideal for surveyors traveling to remote areas using small local vessels. Read More
.The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) excavator dredge New York was struck by the tanker Orange Sun on Thursday January 24. The collision occurred north of Shooters Island in Newark Bay. Read More
